Our study of 27 LVAD recipients found implantation led them to reevaluate their values; these values became instrumental to health decisions and coping. Read more here: bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Nick Odom, PhD, RN, FAAN Marie Bakitas Dan D. Matlock Colleen McIlvennan Rachel Wells, PhD, RN #BMCPalliatCare

Thrilled to have finally met up with Mike Hess aka Mike Hess, #TeamOxyphile🫁 🌬️ at #ATS2024! He’s an amazing advocate for people living with serious 🫁 diseases & those needing supplemental oxygen. I have learned so much about advocacy from him & am inspired by his commitment. COPD Foundation

Meet the college baseball team fighting to outlast everyone, even their school. @llamasnbc reports Birmingham Southern could make baseball history playing in the College World Series without a college, after their school announced it was closing down due to lack of funding,

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Amazing story! The university closed its doors forever. It’s baseball team, however plays on! Hallmark Channel & ESPN, make this into a movie.

This study showed it’s not. But, you know what is associated with improved survival & all sorts of better outcomes for patients & families: Proactive palliative care. See Dr. Temel’s work: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… & Marie Bakitas, my mentor: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… #pallipulm

Limited data exist to inform prognostic decision-making for older adults with prolonged acute illness In this study in JAMA Network Open, we used data from the Health & Retirement Study to describe survival, function, and cognition after an LTCH hospitalization

Lung cancer screening is personal for my family. Per this JAMA Internal Medicine pub by Bandi, rates are terrible (18% 👎🏾), esp. in South & West, with ⬆️ mortality but ⬇️ screening. Medicaid expansion assoc w/ ⬆️ screening. Expand Medicaid. It saves lives. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Baseball lost a legend in Alabama native & one of the greatest, #WillieMays. Fans hearing the news at Rickwood Field, the oldest ballpark in America here in Birmingham, where “The Say Hey Kid” got his start. More on Willie: al.com/sports/2024/06… SFGiants Minor League Baseball

“He was larger than life, but bigger than no one. He gave his whole heart to this game, and we gave our love right back.” Tonight's for you, Willie Mays. #MLBatRickwood

Recirculating this 🧵 for the new interns, rising upper level residents, new fellows, and faculty embarking on the next phase of their careers this week. You’ve got this! 💪🏾

Exciting news for us and amazing for people living with serious illness across central Alabama! Go Blazers!

A transformational opportunity to optimize patient care in Alabama was announced earlier this week. I am excited by the impact it will have on the lives we serve in our region. I wrote a Special Dean’s Message about the news: uab.edu/medicine/news/… UAB Medicine UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Palliative Care for Patients With Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update Oncology clinicians ... should understand the structure &significance of pall care & possess primary pall care knowledge &skills... strong work Ryan Nipp, MD, MPH Justin Sanders, MD, MSc Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, APRN et al ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…

I agree! I will not turn down “wellness pizza”, but it better come with a side of… ✅An EMR that subtracts from rather than adds to burden ✅ Responsive leaders ✅ Safety net support for patients ✅ Commitment to fix the system that drives burnout …And on and on.

An important & timely GeriPal - A Geriatrics & Palliative Care Podcast episode. Glad to contribute 2 questions that helped frame this episode on #ageism & elections. The responses from Louise Aronson + Ken Covinsky are definitely worth the listen. Geriatricians are the best. Hear from 4 of my favorites.👇🏾

No longer getting any traction on here. This place is a mess, a mere fragment of its glory days. Migrating to Threads. Long overdue. Find me here. 👇🏾 threads.net/@anandiyermd

As someone whose name is mispronounced often, this resonated deeply. First couple of times, I teach & remind. Repeatedly after that, concerning. Intentional mispronunciation. Telling. Those are the bullies. I constantly strive to pronounce names correctly. It matters.

Identifying priority challenges of older adults with COPD: A multiphase intervention refinement study. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…